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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Northern Mariana Islands: The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is an island country in the western North Pacific Ocean that maintains a political union with the United States. The Northern Mariana Islands comprise 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines, at . The United States Census Bureau reports the total land area of all islands as 179.01 sq mi (463.63 km²). The Northern Mariana Islands has a population of 80,362 (2005 estimate). The official 2000 census count was 69,221. The Northern Mariana Islands have the lowest male to female sex ratio in the world: 76 men to every 100 women, due to a large number of female foreign workers, especially in the garment industry.Census shows poorer NMI, Saipan Tribune 2008-04-11
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General reference

* Pronunciation: * Common American Territory name: The Northern Mariana Islands * Official American Territory name: The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands * Common

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(s): * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s): Northern Marianan *

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(s): * Etymology: Name of the Northern Mariana Islands * ISO country codes: MP, MNP, 580 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:MP * Internet country code top-level domain:

.mp .mp is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Northern Mariana Islands. There are a few sites related to the Northern Mariana Islands in this domain (such as governmental sites under .gov.mp and a few sites in .org.mp and .co.mp) ...

Geography

Geography of the Northern Mariana Islands * The Northern Mariana Islands are: a U.S. commonwealth * Location: ** Southern Hemisphere and

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** Pacific Ocean *** North Pacific Ocean **** Oceania ***** Micronesia ******

Mariana Islands The Mariana Islands (; also the Marianas; in Chamorro: ''Manislan Mariånas'') are a crescent-shaped archipelago comprising the summits of fifteen longitudinally oriented, mostly dormant volcanic mountains in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, betw ...

** Time zone: Chamorro Standard Time ( UTC+10) ** Extreme points of the Northern Mariana Islands *** High: unnamed location on Agrihan *** Low: North Pacific Ocean 0 m ** Land boundaries: ''none'' ** Coastline: North Pacific Ocean 1,482 km * Population of the Northern Mariana Islands: * * Area of the Northern Mariana Islands: * Atlas of the Northern Mariana Islands

Environment

Climate of the Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonwea ...

* Renewable energy in the Northern Mariana Islands * Geology of the Northern Mariana Islands * Protected areas of the Northern Mariana Islands ** Biosphere reserves in the Northern Mariana Islands ** National parks of the Northern Mariana Islands * Superfund sites in the Northern Mariana Islands * Wildlife of the Northern Mariana Islands ** Fauna of the Northern Mariana Islands ***

Birds of the Northern Mariana Islands Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

*** Mammals of the Northern Mariana Islands

Natural geographic features

* Fjords of the Northern Mariana Islands * Glaciers of the Northern Mariana Islands * Islands of the Northern Mariana Islands * Lakes of the Northern Mariana Islands * Mountains of the Northern Mariana Islands ** Volcanoes in the Northern Mariana Islands * Rivers of the Northern Mariana Islands ** Waterfalls of the Northern Mariana Islands * Valleys of the Northern Mariana Islands * World Heritage Sites in the Northern Mariana Islands: None

Regions

Regions of the Northern Mariana Islands

Ecoregions

List of ecoregions in the Northern Mariana Islands * Ecoregions in the Northern Mariana Islands

Administrative divisions

Administrative divisions of the Northern Mariana Islands ** Districts of the Northern Mariana Islands ***

Municipalities of the Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonwe ...

=Districts

= Districts of the Northern Mariana Islands

=Municipalities

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of the Northern Mariana Islands:

Saipan Saipan ( ch, Sa’ipan, cal, Seipél, formerly in es, Saipán, and in ja, 彩帆島, Saipan-tō) is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), commonwealth of the United States in the western Pa ...

* Cities of the Northern Mariana Islands

Demography

Demographics of the Northern Mariana Islands

Government and politics

Politics of the Northern Mariana Islands *

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: *

of the Northern Mariana Islands:

Elections in the Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Marianas elect a governor and a legislature. The governor is elected for four-year term by the people. The Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature has two chambers. The House of Representatives has 20 members (18 prior to 20 ...

Political parties in the Northern Mariana Islands Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

Branches of government

Government of the Northern Mariana Islands

Executive branch

* Head of state: President of the United States, * Head of government: Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands * Cabinet of the Northern Mariana Islands

Legislative branch

* Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature (

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) ** Upper house: Northern Mariana Islands Senate **

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: Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives

Judicial branch

Court system of the Northern Mariana Islands * Supreme Court of the Northern Mariana Islands

International organization membership

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is a member of: * Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) * Universal Postal Union (UPU)

Law and order

* Cannabis in the Northern Mariana Islands * Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands * Crime in the Northern Mariana Islands * Human rights in the Northern Mariana Islands ** LGBT rights in the Northern Mariana Islands ** Freedom of religion in the Northern Mariana Islands *

Law enforcement in the Northern Mariana Islands The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Public Safety (DPS; ch, Dipåttamentun Sinåfu' Pupbliku; Carolinian: ) is a law enforcement agency and firefighting agency of the Northern Mariana Islands. It is one of the CNMI exe ...

Local government

Local government in the Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonwea ...

History

* Military history of the Northern Mariana Islands

Culture

Culture of the Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonwe ...

Religion in the Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonwe ...

** Christianity in the Northern Mariana Islands ** Hinduism in the Northern Mariana Islands ** Islam in the Northern Mariana Islands ** Judaism in the Northern Mariana Islands ** Sikhism in the Northern Mariana Islands * World Heritage Sites in the Northern Mariana Islands: None

Arts

* Art in the Northern Mariana Islands * Cinema of the Northern Mariana Islands * Literature of the Northern Mariana Islands * Music of the Northern Mariana Islands * Television in the Northern Mariana Islands * Theatre in the Northern Mariana Islands

Sports

Sports in the Northern Mariana Islands *

Football in the Northern Mariana Islands The sport of association football in the country of the Northern Mariana Islands is run by the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association. The association administers the men's national football team, the women's national football team, youth n ...

Economy

Economy of the Northern Mariana Islands * Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 173rd (one hundred and seventy third) * Agriculture in the Northern Mariana Islands * Banking in the Northern Mariana Islands *

Communications in the Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonwe ...

** Internet in the Northern Mariana Islands * Companies of the Northern Mariana Islands * Currency of the Northern Mariana Islands: US Dollar **

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: USD * Energy policy of the Northern Mariana Islands * Mining in the Northern Mariana Islands * Oil industry in the Northern Mariana Islands * Tourism in the Northern Mariana Islands * Transport in the Northern Mariana Islands * the Northern Mariana Islands Stock Exchange

Education

Education in the Northern Mariana Islands Education in the Northern Mariana Islands is linked to the United States Department of Education as the Northern Mariana Islands form part of the United States Commonwealth. This encompasses the sectors of pre-K, elementary schools, middle schools, ...

Infrastructure

* Energy in the Northern Mariana Islands * Health care in the Northern Mariana Islands *

Transportation in the Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonwe ...

Airports in the Northern Mariana Islands An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

** Rail transport in the Northern Mariana Islands ** Roads in the Northern Mariana Islands * Water supply and sanitation in the Northern Mariana Islands

References

External links

; U.S. and CNMI relations
Full Committee Hearing: Conditions in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Thursday, 8 February 2007, United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
View complete webcast of above hearings
(streaming Real video). Approximately 2.5 hours long.

; Government * ttps://web.archive.org/web/20090428022941/http://www.gov.mp/ Northern Mariana Islandsofficial government site
The CNMI CovenantCNMI Office of Resident Representative Pedro A. Tenorio
; News * ttp://saipantribune.com Saipan Tribunebr>Marianas VarietyBruce Lloyd Media Services CNMI NewsThe Pacific TimesFood for Thought - Weekly commentary on CNMI society by KZMI and KCNM manager Harry Blalock
; Overviews *
myMicronesia/Northern Marianas sectionDigital Micronesia
; Other
Micronesian Journal of the Humanities and Social SciencesNorthern Mariana Islands Online EncyclopediaFresh Air (NPR): "Sweatshops in U.S. Territory"
* ttp://bc.edu/bc_org/avp/law/lwsch/journals/bciclr/24_2/06_FMS.htm "Solving Worker Abuse Problems in the Northern Mariana Islands" by Karen M. Smithbr>"About Saipan"
- A strongly critical take on the CNMI, Saipan Sucks
Satellite Image of Anatahan Ash Plume
* pictures
Thinkprogress'
information on sex and labor slavery
Saipan and Tinian locator map
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060702152508/http://www.msmagazine.com/spring2006/paradise.asp ''Ms.'' magazine Spring 2006 article "Paradise Lost: Greed, Sex Slavery, Forced Abortions and Right-Wing Moralists"] Article about the plight of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, garment workers, the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal, and other abuses, by Rebecca Clarren. {{DEFAULTSORT:Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands